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2024/25 Season

CLASSICAL MUSIC YEARBOOK: BEST TRIPLE THREAT, BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE, AND MORE
12/13/24

“SOME JAW-DROPPINGLY TALENTED RINGERS FROM BOSTON LYRIC OPERA.”
12/13/24

RISING WATERS/RISING VOICES INITIATIVE WILL ENCOMPASS TWO MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES IN SPRING 2025
10/10/24
(PDF, 700kb)

**BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF AIDA CENTERS VERDI’S MUSIC WITH A ROYAL CAST**
09/30/24
(PDF, 2MB)

MOZART’S RARELY PERFORMED “MITRIDATE” OPENS BLO’S SEASON
07/30/24
(PDF, 586KB)

Multicultural celebration at Roxbury’s Madison Park to feature opera singers
08/16/24

2023/24 Season

La Cenerentola Media Kit

Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Nov 8-12 | 2023
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Madama Butterfly Media Kit

Emerson Colonial Theatre
Sept 14, 17, 22, 24 | 2023
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA EXPANDS CREATIVE SPACE WITH MIDWAY ARTIST STUDIOS IN FORT POINT ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD
06/20/24
(PDF, 10.3MB)

2024/25 SEASON MOVES FROM MOZART TO “CAROUSEL”
04/30/24
(PDF, 2.5MB)

NINA YOSHIDA NELSEN IS BLO’S NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR,
WITH NEW ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS
01/29/24
(PDF, 5.8MB)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA PREMIERES NEW REVIVAL OF ROMANTIC 18TH CENTURY OPERA
02/05/24
(PDF, 4.9MB)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S FILM SVADBA, A CO-PRODUCTION WITH OPERA PHILADELPHIA, WINS TOP DIGITAL AWARD FROM OPERA AMERICA
12/5/23
(PDF, 1.9MB)

WITH ORIGINS IN A GROUNDBREAKING CULTURAL PROCESS, A STARTLING NEW MADAMA BUTTERFLY EMERGES
6/22/23
(PDF, 827KB)

A SEASON FULL OF LOVE STORIES
4/27/23
(PDF, 2.5MB)

2022/23 Season

La bohème Media Kit

Emerson Colonial Theatre
Sept 23, 25, 30, Oct 2 | 2022
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Librettists Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA PRESENTS NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE OF OMAR BY RHIANNON GIDDENS AND MICHAEL ABELS
3/30/23
(PDF, 499KB)

BLENDING BARTÓK’S “BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE” WITH ALMA MAHLER’S “FOUR SONGS” AT A SOUTH BOSTON CRUISE TERMINAL
2/14/23
(PDF, 280KB)

NEW ENGLAND’S LEADING OPERA PRODUCER OPENS SEARCH FOR NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
2/8/23
(PDF, 122KB)

2022/23 MID-SEASON CASTING AND TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT
12/1/22
(PDF, 163KB)

BLO BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTS BRADLEY VERNATTER AS GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CEO
9/22/22
(PDF, 163KB)

BOSTON CONSERVATORY AND BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP
9/16/22
(PDF, 312KB)

A TIME-FLIPPED LA BOHÈME MOVES FROM TRAGEDY TO LOVE, REIMAGINING THE CLASSIC WITH MUSIC AND TEXT INTACT
8/18/22
(PDF, 690KB)

2021/22 Season

Champion: An Opera in Jazz Media Kit

Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
May 20 & 22 | 2022
Music by Terence Blanchard
Libretto by Michael Cristofer

Svadba Media Kit

Opera by Ana Sokolović

A Boston Lyric Opera Production,
co-produced with Opera Philadelphia.

Now streaming exclusively on operabox.tv.

AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ROMEO AND JULIET FREE ON THE BOSTON COMMON LAUNCHES AN EXPANDED BOSTON LYRIC OPERA SEASON AUGUST 11 and 13
6/29/22
(PDF, 741KB)

WITH AN EXPANDED 2022/23 SEASON, BLO RETURNS TO STAGES – INSIDE, OUTSIDE AND ONSCREEN
5/3/22
(PDF, 2MB)

OPERA LEGEND STEPHANIE BLYTHE CHANNELS AN INNER TENOR ROCKSTAR IN BLYTHELY EVER AFTER MAY 6
4/21/22
(PDF, 447KB)

OPERA ARIAS REINTERPRETED, EXPANDED WITH ASL IN SHORT-FILM SERIES “SOUL(SIGNS): OPERA”
4/20/22
(PDF, 513KB)

THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF A PRIZEFIGHTING BOXER IS TOLD IN “CHAMPION: AN OPERA IN JAZZ”
3/24/22
(PDF, 1MB)

IN THE NEW FILM SVADBA, A BRIDAL PARTY PREPARES FOR A WEDDING GUIDED BY TRADITIONS ON A DREAMY, IDYLLIC BEACH
1/7/22
(PDF, 198KB)

WITH “THE BUTTERFLY PROCESS,” BLO EXPLORES A NEW WAY TO APPROACH THE OPERATIC CANON
11/17/21
(PDF, 297KB)

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: BLO RETURNS WITH MASCAGNI’S ONE-ACT CLASSIC; PRODUCTION MOVES TO OPEN-AIR LEADER BANK PAVILION
9/8/21
(PDF, 9MB)

2020/21 Season

desert in Media Kit

Lost souls are found, love is rekindled, and secrets are exposed at a mysterious motor lodge in the American West. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, playwright christopher oscar peña, and director James Darrah, desert in is a groundbreaking, new eight-part miniseries that reveals a supernatural story of love, loss, and the price of memories.

Now streaming exclusively on operabox.tv.

The Fall of the House of Usher Media Kit

An Opera in Two Acts by Philip Glass
Libretto by Arthur Yorinks
Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe
1988 © Dunvagen Music Publishers. Used by Permission.
Sung in English with English captions available.

Now streaming exclusively on operabox.tv.

Cavalleria Rusticana Media Kit

Join us for Boston Lyric Opera’s first production of Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni’s verismo tale of love, betrayal, and death in a small Sicilian village. Experience the thrill of live, large-scale opera together in the open air at Leader Bank Pavilion on Boston’s waterfront.

LIVE OPERA RETURNS THIS FALL, ALONGSIDE CINEMATIC INNOVATIONS THAT MAKE BLO AN INDUSTRY-LEADING PRODUCER
5/20/21
(PDF, 85KB)

IN THE OPERATIC NEW MINISERIES “DESERT IN,” A MYSTERIOUS MOTEL IN A DESOLATE LOCATION WELCOMES CUSTOMERS DESPERATE TO RECLAIM LOST LOVES
4/29/21
(PDF, 85KB)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S STREET STAGE RETURNS FOR OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING WORLD PREMIERE WITH CITY OF BOSTON YOUTH POET LAUREATE
4/21/21
(PDF, 572KB)

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED FOR “DESERT IN” — AN ORIGINAL OPERATIC MINISERIES COMING JUNE 2021 ON OPERABOX.TV
3/23/21
(PDF, 630KB)

BLO GENERAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ESTHER NELSON TO STEP DOWN AT SEASON’S END
3/10/21
(PDF, 464KB)

UPDATED:THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER: BOSTON LYRIC OPERA RELEASES A GRIPPING NEW CINEMATIC VISION OF THE PHILIP GLASS OPERA BASED ON EDGAR ALLAN POE’S GOTHIC HORROR STORY
1/13/21
(PDF, 197KB)

“A WINTER’S NIGHT” – BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S SEASONAL CONCERT WITH RISING SOPRANO GABRIELLA REYES – DEBUTS DEC. 21 ON OPERABOX.TV
12/8/20
(PDF, 3MB)

TV VETS LEAD A TEAM OF PLAYWRIGHTS FOR A NEW STREAMING OPERA MINISERIES
10/2/20
(PDF, 197KB)

BLO RETHINKS ITS 2020/21 SEASON, HITTING THE STREETS WITH ON-THE-GO LIVE SHOWS, AND HOME SCREENS WITH GROUNDBREAKING ONLINE CONTENT
9/8/20
(PDF, 519KB)